. A history of British birds . ^-^/r^^ COMMON BUZZARD. ACCIP1THKS. Buteo vulgaris, Leach*.THE COMMON BUZZABI). Butco vulgaris. Buteo, Lacfyidef.—Bill rather small and vreak, bending from the base, ptirtof the cut-ing edge of the upper mandible slightly projecting; cere large;nostrils oval. Wings ample; the first quill-feather short, about equal in lengthto the seventh, the fourth the longest ; the first four feathers with the innerwebs deeply notched. Tarsi short, strong, scaled or feathered. Toes short;claws strong. The Buzzard is one of the least rare of the larger kindof Ha
. A history of British birds . ^-^/r^^ COMMON BUZZARD. ACCIP1THKS. Buteo vulgaris, Leach*.THE COMMON BUZZABI). Butco vulgaris. Buteo, Lacfyidef.—Bill rather small and vreak, bending from the base, ptirtof the cut-ing edge of the upper mandible slightly projecting; cere large;nostrils oval. Wings ample; the first quill-feather short, about equal in lengthto the seventh, the fourth the longest ; the first four feathers with the innerwebs deeply notched. Tarsi short, strong, scaled or feathered. Toes short;claws strong. The Buzzard is one of the least rare of the larger kindof Hawks which inhabit the wooded districts of this country,preying upon small quadrupeds, birds and reptiles. Its * Systematic Catalogue of Mammalia and Birds in the British Museum, p. 10(1816). f Memoires de lTnstitut, iii. p. 506 (1800-1801). 110 courage, as compared with ethers of the Falconidce, has beenquestioned; since it is known to attack snch animals as arccither young or defenceless, which it dues not pursue inflight but seizes upon the ground. Though occasio
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